“At the same time I think it is absolutely necessary that there be no confusion, no misunderstanding that if the Iraqis.. do not comply, then there will be consequences and those consequences will involve the use of military force to disarm them through changing the regime.” IfsThinkingUseForceMilitaryConsequenceConfusionRegimesMisunderstandingMilitary Force Author:Colin Powell
“The North Korean regime remains one of the world's leading proliferator of missile technology, including transfers to Iran and Syria. The transfer of nuclear weapons or material by North Korea to states or non-state entities would be considered a grave threat to the United States, and we would hold North Korea fully accountable of the consequences of such action.” WorldStatesWould BeActionUnitedTechnologyUnited StatesMaterialsWeaponsConsequenceRemainsThreatIncludingNuclearGravesUsaIranRegimesNuclear WeaponsEntitySyriaKoreaNorth KoreaTransfersMissilesKoreanNorth Korean Author:George W. Bush
“[A] private property regime makes people responsible for their own actions in the realm of material goods. Such a system therefore ensures that people experience the consequences of their own acts. Property sets up fences, but it also surrounds us with mirrors, reflecting back upon us the consequences of our own behavior.” PeopleActionMaterialsBehaviorConsequenceEconomicsResponsibleMirrorsPropertyRealmsGoodsSurroundRegimesFenceReflectingPrivate PropertyReflecting Back Author:Tom Bethell
“In a regime of Free Trade and free economic intercourse it would be of little consequence that iron lay on one side of a political frontier, and labour, coal, and blast furnaces on the other. But as it is, men have devised ways to impoverish themselves and one another; and prefer collective animosities to individual happiness.” MenWayLittlesWould BePoliticalIndividualSidesEconomicConsequenceLaborTradeLaysCollectivesIronRegimesCoalEconomistFrontiersIntercourseBlastFree TradeAnimosityFurnacesIndividual Happiness Book:The collected writings of John Maynard Keynes Source: The collected writings of John Maynard Keynes
“[Hillary] Clinton is too much into regime change and a little bit too aggressive without knowing what the unintended consequences might be. Yes, we could get rid of Assad tomorrow, but that would create another political vacuum that would benefit ISIS.” LittlesMightPoliticalBitsKnowingToo MuchTomorrowBenefitsLittle BitConsequenceClintonAggressiveRegimesIsisVacuumsAssadUnintended ConsequencesRegime Change Author:Bernie Sanders
“Poles understand perhaps better than anyone the consequences of making toothless warnings to brutal tyrants and terrorist regimes.” ConsequenceTerroristWarningTyrantsRegimesBrutalToothless Author:Paul Wolfowitz
“She wanted to leave, she wanted to lie alone face down on her bed and savor the vile piquancy of the moment, and go back down the lines of branching consequences to the point before the destruction began. She needed to contemplate with eyes closed the full richness of what she had lost, what she had given away, and to anticipate the new regime.” MomentsEyeWantedFacesLyingLostGivenLinesNeededBedConsequenceDestructionRegimesContemplatingRichnessAnticipate Book:Atonement Source: Atonement